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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Anaerobes (most common ... ) Clinical: ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Xa Inhibitors - Apixaban and Rivaroxaban 
Oral Xa inhibitors are recommended by CHEST as first-line for
is not used as commonly ... Here is an overview ... of the dosing schemes ... #Rivaroxaban #Dosing ... #Pharmacology
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Here are the most common ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
along with concave Pulmonary ... ToF is the most common ... Abscess which is a common ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
A quick infographic describing some of the common reversal agents used by anesthesiologists, their mechanism of
describing some of the common ... mechanism of action, dosing ... anaesthesia and critical ... Pharmacology of ... neuromuscular pharmacology
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antibiotics Class Overview ... C.parapsilosis (commonly ... usually works clinically ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
Pulmonary complications ... occur at any time during ... , and the most common ... associated with a clinical ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
crystalline silica during ... occupational exposure during ... Fibrosis #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... In daily clinical ... condition (left) and during ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
and morphology during ... pathophysiology OVERVIEW ... data regarding pulmonary ... pathophysiology CLINICAL ... CPR by observing